Mike Brady wrote: > Andrea, > > Sorry no good. The patch applies ok, but .... > > Firstly the maximum size of a Minix file system is 64M so a fulel > UYOK doesn't fit. I got around this with --my-modules which does > fit. > > Then I ran into the filename size limit which is 30 characters. >>> tar -C /tmp/.systemimager.0 -cf - . | tar -C /tmp/.systemimager.1 >>> -xf - > tar: ./etc/dhclient-script.systemimager-prefix: Cannot open: File > name too long > > The 'golden client' is a Vmware Server guest which needs the mpt > drivers (mptspi, mptscsih, mptbase, scsi_transport_spi). >
it seems that to resolve this issue the only clean way is to add the cpio initrd support... unfrotunately to do that we need to rewrite a lot of code in systemimager, so it'll need some time. I'll start to test it with the trunk. > I have a UYOK made from a Centos 4 golden client that I know works, > so I should be able to use that. So si_prepareclient --no-uyok gets > me an image. OK, for now this seems to be a good workaround. > > The next issue that I have encountered is with the partitioning > information. > > # parted -s -- /dev/sda unit MB print It seems that the syntax of parted changed again... >:-( which version of parted are you using in your golden client? Regards, -Andrea ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
